Richard Lee "Rick" McKinney (born October 12, 1953) is an archer from the United States, who competed in the

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four times, winning a pair of silver medals. McKinney was born in

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. After finishing fourth in the individual event at the

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, he won the world title in 1977 and again in 1983. He finished second at the

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to teammate and long-time rival Darrell Pace. In the 1988 Games, he was sixth in the individual event and added a silver medal in the team event along with Pace and

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. He also competed in the

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. McKinney was a nine-time national champion, and represented the United States at 10 editions of the World Archery Championships between 1975 and 1995. He won the individual title three times and the team title five consecutive times, making him the most successful US archer and second most successful male archer of all time. His back-to-back titles in

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and

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was the last time any male archer won consecutive titles. McKinney has since focused on the development of

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-wrapped arrows. In 2012, McKinney served as analyst for NBC's archery coverage at the

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, and again served as archery analyst for NBC in the

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in Rio.

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